Hello, my dear friends! I'm still struggling with my health each day. Several of you got in touch with me and let me know you're praying for my crazy heart to settle down and behave itself. It surprises me how worn out this makes me when it's not beating in rhythm. But life goes on, doesn't it? Just very much slower!
Lately I've spent some time weeding through card layouts that I've saved over the last many, many years. It's been fun trying out a few to decide if I like them enough to save the idea. Several days ago, I made two cards with a similar layout that is another easy idea to have on hand. Thought today I'd share this with you. I'm having so much fun playing around with one layout and making small adjustments for a different look. It's amazing what a change in cardstock color will do to a card. Let me show you what I mean.
This card follows the original layout that I'd saved. Plus, it uses one of the new DSP designs - Valley in Bloom. (Yes, this will be one of the last sneak peaks as May 5th is almost here. Woo hoo!) Isn't it beautiful? I love lily of the valley flowering plants, and the DSP is absolutely gorgeous in my opinion. With this card layout, I only stamped the sentiment. Everything else about the card focuses on the DSP.
The measurements for this layout are as follows:
card base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half
DSP layer - 2 3/4" x 5 1/2"
cardstock layer - 3 5/8" x 3 5/8"
DSP layer - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
sentiment - your choice size and shape
The card base for this one is Garden Green to pick up the darker greens in the DSP. The strip of DSP going across the card is actually the backside of the focal piece. I really liked these together. The watercolor style print against the mini geometric print was an interesting contrast.
For my framing layer, Basic White really made the little bell flowers stand out nicely. The focal DSP print was attached to the white cardstock with adhesive. Then these were attached to the card base with Dimensionals.
The sentiment is from the Lily of the Valley stamp set. It's stamped with Garden Green ink onto a 3/4" strip of Basic White cardstock. The right end was finished by flagging it. This is attached flat to the card on the left side with a Dimensional under the right end to level it out.
The pretty sparkly new bling was added for an accent. These are from the new Shimmering Dots pack. Pretty, aren't they?
I haven't finished the inside yet as I'm not sure what sentiment I want to use. It always depends on the person the card is being sent to, right?
The next card is very similar with a good number of changes though.
The first big change you notice right away is the cardstock base is different. This time I went with Granny Apple Green which was one of the colors listed as coordinating with this DSP. Just that change alone brightened the look of the card immensely.
The strip of DSP across the card base was slimmed down just 1/8". It was attached to the card base with adhesive.
The focal piece of DSP is from the same piece of DSP as the first card. The DSP page I used is one of the two border prints in the pack. This time it's trimmed a little smaller - 3" x 3 1/2". This meant that the layering piece was also smaller at 3 1/8" x 3 5/8". This card has Garden Green cardstock for this layer to give it a bit of dark to balance the bright. By making these changes, a good deal more of the background cardstock is visible which makes the entire card have a lighter feel.
This time the sentiment comes from the Friendly Foliage stamp set. I love the font used here and this is one of my basic sentiments used for cards. It's just versatile and seems to cover so many applications. It's stamped on a Basic White strip that is 1/2" tall with Garden Green ink. After stamping, the ends were flagged to finish the look.
The same pretty bling was used on this card as the last. I just love the colors in the Shimmering Dots pack. They are this Granny Apple Green that I used, Coastal Cabana, and White. All lovely colors that I'll be using a lot!
Looking at this card with the slightly smaller dimensions, I was thinking it would work well for a portrait style card also. That will be something I need to try soon!
Here's one more look at the two cards. This time they're together so you can easily the differences. Let me know if you try out this layout and add it to your rotation of layouts. I find there are some layouts I gravitate towards more often. My old standbys. But then again, it's fun to pull out another idea you haven't played with in a while for a change of pace.
I can't wait until May 5th when you too can order these fun new stamps and dies and get your hands on these gorgeous new designer papers. You're gonna love them!!
Thanks for stopping by today. I really appreciate that you spend some of your precious time with me. Give these template ideas a try. It's always a good idea to have some basic layout templates to work with when you get some creative stagnation going on. They really are a great starting point to get you stamping again!
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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